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Mysterious Beach Patterns That Scientists Can’t Explain

These mysterious beach formations, like the ones spotted on a beach in Dorset, England, are called beach cusps – and one reason they’re mysterious is that scientists still aren’t completely sure how they’re formed.

Beach cusps, which often appear during or after storms, are unusual because their spacing is uniform and regular. If you don’t believe in aliens, there are two prevailing theories about their formation. The first is the ‘standing edge’ theory, which involves interactions between normal waves approaching the shore and “edge” waves, which form perpendicular to the shore. The interactions between these waves form regularly-spaced points of different wave intensity. The other theory is the self-organization theory, which claims that cusps are the result of regular wave, current, and sand interactions over time that create feedback loops. Many scientists believe that both of these theories might work in unison to create these curious structures.

Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England

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Image credits: Dr Stanislav Shmelev

Image credits: leenaj

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Palomarin Beach, Point Reyes, USA

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Image credits: David Abercrombie

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Image credits: David Abercrombie

Ringstead Bay, Dorset, England

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Image credits: RHughes5

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DonaldWadePosey 9 years ago

Beautiful

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AnasHadidi 9 years ago

this is because of double slit google double slit experiment and see , waves (sound , light , our even ocean waves) behave in a similar way don't say science can't explain it !

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Rob Reeve 8 years ago

Exactly!!! That's the first thing I thought of. Of course I'm a Reactor Operator and know a little physics.

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